Sentences with phrase «during aphelion»

The reason is that the greater total heat in joules applied to the hemisphere more oriented towards the Sun during perihelion (near Sun) turns out to be cancelled by the greater heat applied to the other hemisphere during aphelion (distant from Sun).

This is a consequence of Kepler's Law for elliptical orbits whereby Earth travels more slowly during aphelion and hence has longer to accumulate the heat that has been reduced by the greater distance.

During aphelion water ice clouds form in the atmosphere, interacting with the dust particles and affecting the temperature of the planet.

During aphelion (its farthest point from the sun), Pluto is about 50 AU from the sun.